Strong/Poignant Word Image “Let me start that again. I think about my life leading up to the moment you and I stopped being associated with each other, and if I were to write the key incidents down on piece of papers I‘d end up with a kind of grocery list of shame. In fact I've done this, and in fact that is precisely what I ended up with. Bullet points. Shame-pellets. “
Vocabulary Loathing – Strong dislike Stench – An offensive smell. Benediction - An utterance of good wishes.
Rhetorical/Literacy Devices Anaphora: “I told myself there was no reason this visit shouldn't work out. I remember I was still trying to be normal at that point to force of decency onto my life. I didn't want to be the type of guy who was estranged from his father. I was trying not to be a lot of type of guy back then.” Simile: “My shiny new halo flickered and fizzled out like past-date Christmas lights.”
So far this book didn't disappoint me. The story and characters in this section are very well developed. One of the major aspects I noticed was the way that the main character expressed his feelings. It’s very unique and inventive.
“Let me start that again. I think about my life leading up to the moment you and I stopped being associated with each other, and if I were to write the key incidents down on piece of papers I‘d end up with a kind of grocery list of shame. In fact I've done this, and in fact that is precisely what I ended up with. Bullet points. Shame-pellets. “
Vocabulary
Loathing – Strong dislike
Stench – An offensive smell.
Benediction - An utterance of good wishes.
Rhetorical/Literacy Devices
Anaphora:
“I told myself there was no reason this visit shouldn't work out. I remember I was still trying to be normal at that point to force of decency onto my life. I didn't want to be the type of guy who was estranged from his father. I was trying not to be a lot of type of guy back then.”
Simile:
“My shiny new halo flickered and fizzled out like past-date Christmas lights.”
So far this book didn't disappoint me. The story and characters in this section are very well developed. One of the major aspects I noticed was the way that the main character expressed his feelings. It’s very unique and inventive.